A French company is building an alternative e-reader ecosystem ↦
donderdag 30 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Speaking of e-readers, here’s an interesting profile of the small French e-reader company Vivlio by Romain Dillet at TechCrunch: While Amazon’s Kindle is the clear leader and Rakuten’s Kobo the obvious challenger, Vivlio has been building an open…
Lees meerThe cops think iOS 17’s NameDrop is dangerous ↦
donderdag 30 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Turns out police departments are like some of my relatives: They see things on Facebook and uncritically pass them on without considering for one moment if what they’re posting is actually true.…
Lees meerIn a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying
donderdag 30 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
Castro has been a popular iOS podcast app for many years, but right now things look grim. The cloud database that backs the service is broken and needs to be replaced.…
Lees meer(Podcast) Clockwise 531: I, Too, Like You
woensdag 29 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Our book-reading habits, what we do with our health data, how tech helps us around the house, and old software that we still have a crush on.…
Lees meer(Podcast) The Rebound 472: I’ve Seen The War
woensdag 29 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)What’s your BBS?…
Lees meer(Podcast) Upgrade 488: The New Numbers
maandag 27 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)James Thomson joins Jason to celebrate Cyber Monday, generate an Apple Buying Guide, grapple with subscription (and human) burnout, and explore spatial videos and the current state of visionOS development.…
Lees meerIhnatko: Deconstructing Apple’s weirdly empathetic “Fuzzy Feelings”
vrijdag 24 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Apple released its annual holidaytime videofun thingy! Hooray! Don’t read this until after you’ve watched it. (Note to Apple Watch users: if your device starts lighting up with emergency medical alerts while you’re watching, just ignore them.…
Lees meer(Podcast) Clockwise 530: The Noise of the Youth
woensdag 22 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Choosing between noise cancellation and excellent audio quality in headphones, the impact of an unlimited supply of one thing on the world or your life, the significance of Apple’s adoption of RCS, and recommendations for Black Friday deals.…
Lees meer(Podcast) The Rebound 471: The Orgasmic Who-Ha
woensdag 22 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)This episode features some questionable math.…
Lees meer(Podcast) Upgrade 487: Under the Thumb of Qualcomm
maandag 20 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)The possibilities that Apple will release a lower-cost MacBook, Apple’s difficulties in building a 5G radio to rival Qualcomm, Apple attempts to appease the EU by adopting RCS, and all hell breaks loose with OpenAI.…
Lees meerThis Week in Apple: Bad looks (Member Post)
vrijdag 17 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
Imagine, if you will, an avalanche of tens of billions of beans being spilled. Such is what happened in Google’s antitrust trial. There’s big news in little bubbles this week and social networking continues to be a huge mistake.… This story is for …
Lees meerNovember Video Q&A (Member Video)
vrijdag 17 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Time for our next monthly video Q&A, available only to subscribers at the More Colors or Backstage level. Please send in your questions at sixcolors.com/morecolorqs or by typing /ask on Discord.… This story is for Six Colors members only. Become …
Lees meer(Podcast) Downstream 57: Challenging! But Fun
vrijdag 17 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Disney’s going to own all of Hulu. Does this uniquely position them to be the most legitimate challenger to Netflix? We also discuss the power of platforms, Apple’s “Napoleon” opportunity, and Disney’s Marvel experimentation.…
Lees meerApple will add RCS support to Messages ↦
donderdag 16 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Apple has told Chance Miller of 9to5Mac that it will be supporting the RCS standard for messaging: Later next year, we will be adding support for RCS Universal Profile, the standard as currently published by the GSM Association.…
Lees meer(Podcast) Clockwise 529: Dear Tim Apple, You Fix It
woensdag 15 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Capturing spatial video on iPhone, our font opinions, whether we use journaling apps, and when we tell our non-techy friends to update their software.…
Lees meer(Podcast) The Rebound 470: Daddy Bigbucks!
woensdag 15 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)App Store Awards finalists, WordPress woes, AI pins and the secret identity of Dan’s benefactor.…
Lees meerApple extends Emergency SOS coverage for iPhone 14 users ↦
woensdag 15 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Apple Newsroom: One year ago today, Apple’s groundbreaking safety service Emergency SOS via satellite became available on all iPhone 14 models in the U.S. and Canada.…
Lees meerHow AI could take iOS 18 and macOS 15 to the next level (Macworld/Dan Moren)
woensdag 15 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Artificial intelligence is the buzziest of buzzwords right now. But as rivals like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google have gone full throttle on incorporating this latest hot technology into their products, Apple has taken a decidedly slower—if not uncha…
Lees meerI’ll pin my hopes on AI assistants
woensdag 15 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)
Last week, the startup Humane did a marketing blitz for its forthcoming AI Pin, a $699 wearable designed by a bunch of ex-Apple people that has been the subject of a lot of tech-industry buzz lately.…
Lees meerThe Secret History of Hawkeye’s Dog Tags ↦
dinsdag 14 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Amazing story from Andy Lewis of The Ankler about the real-life veterans behind the dog tags worn by Alan Alda on the hall-of-fame sitcom “MASH”: Often when he was putting the dog tags on in his dressing room, seemingly obtained by the costume de…
Lees meer(Podcast) Upgrade 486: On the Side of Reality
maandag 13 november 2023 inSix Colors (Mac algemeen)Spatial videos on iPhone, 2024 iPad updates, the Apple Watch as a health device, Apple pausing iOS development to fix bugs, the potential of AI interfaces, and the meaning of the “pro” label.…
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